Roy E. Furman (April 16, 1901 – May 18, 1977) was an American politician who served as the 21st lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1955 to 1959 and as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representative from 1936–1938.

[1] Furman was born in Davistown, Greene County, Pennsylvania.

He retired in 1940 to return to his construction business but remained politically active as chair of Greene County Democrats for ten years.

In 1958, Furman ran for the Democratic nomination for governor but lost to David Lawrence.

Act 127 of 1975 designated Pennsylvania Route 21 as the “Roy E. Furman Highway.”[1] Furman retired to New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, and died in Harrisburg at the age of 76.